Legislation

  • The Recorder

    Pot Advocates Argue Against Tobacco-Styled Marketing Restrictions

    By Cheryl Miller | August 22, 2017

    When it comes to regulating marijuana advertising, California lawmakers have visions of the Marlboro Man. A broad bill that has sailed through the Legislature this year would restrict marijuana branding in much the same way as tobacco promotions. Lawmakers are set to take up the measure Wednesday.

  • New Jersey Law Journal

    CAPITOL REPORT

    By njlawjournal | New Jersey Law Journal | August 21, 2017

    This week's report focuses on the court rule changes coming in September, many of which the NJSBA addressed in the comment process.

  • The Legal Intelligencer

    Rep.: Unauthorized Employee Microchipping Should Be Illegal

    By Victoria Hudgins | August 18, 2017

    The announcement by a U.S. company and other global businesses that employees can voluntarily have a microchip inserted into their finger for quicker access to company property has led a state representative to issue a memorandum declaring her intention to make it illegal for a company to insert a microchip into someone without their authorization.

  • The Legal Intelligencer

    Bill Would Add Natural Gas Responders to Death Benefits Act

    By Victoria Hudgins | August 18, 2017

    Rep. Kevin Boyle, D-Philadelphia, stated he plans to reintroduce legislation that would amend the Emergency and Law Enforcement Personnel Death Benefits Act to include natural gas responders, providing for a one-time payment to the responder's surviving family member if they die while responding to a natural gas leak or threat.

  • The Legal Intelligencer

    Capitol Report

    By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | August 18, 2017

    Following is a listing of executive and legislative action for the week of Aug. 14. Both houses of the General Assembly stood in recess subject to the call of each chambers' leaders at press time, with committee hearings scheduled beginning Wednesday.

  • New Jersey Law Journal

    Approved Opinions for the Week of August 21, 2017

    By njlawjournal | New Jersey Law Journal | August 17, 2017

    20-2-4047 E.S. v. H.A., N.J. Super. App. Div. (per curiam) (39 pp.) The parties have engaged in a lengthy matrimonial and post-matrimonial dispute resulting…

  • The Recorder

    Proposed California Bill Will Explicitly Protect Women Investors From Predatory VCs

    By David Ruiz | August 17, 2017

    A California State Senator wants to codify specific protections for female entrepreneurs who face sexual harassment from investors and venture capitalists.

  • Daily Business Review

    Negron Gives Senate Committees an Offseason Makeover

    By Jim Saunders | August 16, 2017

    State Senate President Joe Negron has appointed several new committee and subcommittee chairs to begin work next month on bills for the legislative session starting in January.

  • New York Law Journal

    In Response to Charlottesville, Cuomo Proposes Adding to Hate Crime Statute

    By Josefa Velasquez | August 15, 2017

    Gov. Andrew Cuomo is proposing that New York's hate crimes law be amended to add inciting to riot and rioting to the list of offenses that are punishable as a hate crime when rioting is directed at a protected class—such as a racial or ethnic group—following the protests in Charlottesville this weekend that left three dead and a score injured.

  • National Law Journal

    Why Charlottesville Attack Might Not Be Prosecuted as a Hate Crime

    By Marcia Coyle | August 14, 2017

    The killing of a legal assistant allegedly committed by a participant in the Charlottesville, Virginia, white supremacist rally over the weekend triggered calls for the defendant to face hate crime charges. But the U.S. Supreme Court has shown hate crime prosecutions present difficult legal problems.

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